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State of Illinois v. Lawrence Reed
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Lawrence Reed, allegedly set a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jeffrey A. Mullinix
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to kill federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. A federal complaint charged Jeffrey A. Mullinix, 67, with one count of interstate communication with a threat to injure. “Violence and threats against law enforcement officers can never be tolerated, and those responsible will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said U.S. Attorney Ste
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Roberto Nicolas-Simon
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to update registration as a sex offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) and being a removed alien illegally present in United States. The government presented evidence that Nicolas-Simon was unlawfully present in the United States when he was convicted of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse in Champaign County. He acknowledged his registration obligation as a sex of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Derwin Vazquez, Jr.
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements to purchase seven firearms. From 2020 to 2023, DERWIN VAZQUEZ, JR. conspired with his sister—JALISSA R. VAZQUEZ—to make false or fictious written statements to three licensed firearms dealers in connection with the acquisition or attempted acquisition of the firearms. Vazquez Jr. often purchased firearms online but falsely used his sister�
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Sean Grayson
Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Sean Grayson, a former sheriff's deputy, was charged with manslaughter for shooint and killing Sonya Massey, 36, in her Springfield, Illinois home on in 2024.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Adam Stone
Chicago, Illinois, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wo counts of home invasion. Adam Stone, age 28, was accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriends house in 2022 to confront her .
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson, 31, accused of the murder of Romeca Blackmon back on Sept. 8 near Cermak Road and State Street.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with suspicion of engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. James L. Parker was taken into custody without incident and was booked into the Peoria County Jail.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jason Dawson
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Jason Dawson, 38, was setting fire to an insurance office building on East Delmar Avenue in Alton on Nov. 22, 2025. The complaint alleged Dawson was upset about the amount for a life insurance policy cashout after a meeting with employees on Nov. 21 and returned to the office the following day to set the building on fire. “The ATF has a responsibility to protect our communities. We also h
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Antoine Larry
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Beau Brindley represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with commerce by threat or violence. Antoine Larry was serving as a patrol officer for the Phoenix, Ill. Police Department when he conspired with another officer to corruptly solicit cash and drugs from the occupants of vehicles during traffic stops in exchange for reducing, dropping, or declining to press charges or allowing the vehicles to
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Andres Morales Gonzalez
n January 21, 2026, the Mount Prospect Police Department charged Andres Morales Gonzalez, 35 years old, no permanent address, with one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, one felony count of Aggravated Battery Involving Strangulation, and one felony count of Unlawful Restraint. These charges stem from an incident that occurred on January 17, 2026, in the 100 block of North Main Street (Route 83). On January 17, 2026, at app
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and murder-for-hire. Juan Espinoza Martinez had sent private messages on Snapchat that included pictures of Trump Administration Homeland Security official Gregory Bovino and a series of threatening comments, including “10K if you can take him down.” The defendant's lawyers argued that the prosecution had failed to produce any evidence that Mr. Espinoza Martinez
View VerdictState of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a child by engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. James L. Parker, age 56, accused to child enticement.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Montel Harkins
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Montel Harkins of East St. Louis faces charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery Kaleb Davis of Cape Girardeau who was shot to death.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Traveon H. Reese
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Traveon H. Reese, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. “This conspiracy victimized numerous hardworking people across central and southern Illinois by trying to cash bogus checks belonging to legitimate businesses at local financial institutions,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher William Crawford
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. 21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about 9/5/24 and 9/9/24 in Peoria County in the CDIL, Dft knowingly and intentionally distributed 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), a Schedule II controlled substance. In violation of 21 U.S.C. Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A). (1)
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Edmund Singleton
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with motor vehicle theft carjacking. EDMUND SINGLETON and two co-defendants conspired to commit the carjackings on a single night in November 2022. In the first carjacking, Singleton drove the trio in a stolen car to a gas station in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, where the co-defendants violently took an Infiniti Q50 sedan from a driver who was pumping gas. One of the co-defendants jammed a gun so hard into
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Antonio Stigler
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Antonio Stigler, age 32, is accused of murdering a pregnant woman.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Lashawn Ranking
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant changed with second-degree burglary. Lashawn Rankine accused for moving into a vacant house on the market for sale.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rogello Ibarra
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.
View VerdictStephanie Mackey v. Chemtool, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a property damage claims. This case was filed in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Winnebago Cty., IL, 2021-L-0000165 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shawn A. Barmore
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ana M. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged assault for throwing incendiary device onto her neighbors’ porch. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, but no one was injured. Hernandez admitted in a plea agreement that she threw the device onto the por
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Joel Quintero Cristian
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Officers were dispatched to 9600-block of S. Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood and when they arrived they found a 27-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds was dead. Joel Quintero Cristian, 29, was taken into police custody shortly after the shooting.
View VerdictTanya N. Svoboda and Antonella M. Ortiz Colosi v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Services, LLC
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2021CH04516 Tanya Svoboda and Antonella Ortiz Colosi used a Virtual Try-On feature through Amazon’s mobile site and app to virtually test facial products like lip-stick and eyewear.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Annazette Collins
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements and willful failure to file return information. After a career in the Illinois state legislature, Annazette Collins began evading tax liability.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alvin Beasley
Urban, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. De’Adre L. Owens
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling meth and witness tampering. Ryan Castleman drove Charlie Anderson, a confidential informant, to Centralia, Illinois, to execute a controlled buy from De’Andre Owens. When they arrived, Detective Dukes searched Anderson, provided him with $275 and a handheld recording device, and instructed that he purchase about nine-teen grams of methamphetamine. The detectives then watched Anderson walk to a c
View VerdictRyan O'Donnell and Michael Goree v. City of Chicago and URT United Road Towing, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. After receiving a ticket in Chicago, a vehicle owner must pay in full, enter into an installment payment plan, or contest the violation. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 9-100-050. If the owner fails to pay or successfully contest the violation, the City of Chicago sends a notice of final determination of liability. Id. § 9-100-100. If a vehicle owner accumulates three or
View VerdictRamona Milan v. Selene Finance, L.P.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory. Ramona Milam is an Illinois homeowner who took out a mortgage loan. Selene Finance acts as the loan servicer, collecting her mortgage payments on behalf of the lender. When Milam missed payments in 2023, Selene sent her a letter internal practices prevented Selene from acting on the deadline, the letter amounted to a threat intended to panic her into prompt payment. A
View VerdictCheryl Lane, et al. v. Stericycle
Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Equal Pay Act violation theories Stericycle sells waste-disposal services to healthcare organizations and commercial businesses. Its sales department includes two divisions: a national division, serving corporate entities including pharmacies; and a hospital division, serving hospitals and integrated delivery networks. Stericycle classifies employees’ positions within both divisions using “paygrades.” The
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Carpenter
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and activities relating to child pornography. Carpenter exchanged online messages with an undercover federal agent posing as the father of an eight-year-old girl. Carpenter requested sexually explicit photographs and videos of the daughter. He also advised the “father” on what medication to give his daughter to make her sleep and to facilitate the photography. Later, Carpenter
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Edward L. Stief
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions in criminal derived property. Edward L. Stief, Jr., age 42, met the victim in May 2023 after becoming acquainted with him while offering lawn care and landscaping services. Shortly thereafter, Stief used several misrepresentations to convince the victim to appoint him as his Financial and Healthcare Power of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alfredo Rollins
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.
View VerdictShrella Benton v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. AI Overview Common FCRA Violations & Penalties | Stein Saks, PLLC Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations involve credit bureaus (CRAs) or data furnishers messing up your credit report (like wrong balances, late payments, mixed files), not fixing disputes, reporting outdated negative info (over 7 yrs/10 yrs for bankruptcy), unauthorized access to your file, or no
View VerdictDustin Dean Cooper v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act theory under 15 U.S.C. 1681. AI Overview The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) protects consumers from inaccurate, unfair, and irrelevant information in their credit reports, safeguarding against identity theft, data breaches, and unfair denial of credit or employment by ensuring the confidentiality, accuracy, and privacy of personal financial data. It gives consumers rights to ac
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Bruce
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in contraband articles.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ana A. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully interfering with housing rights. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ, age 70, threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, but no one was injured. Hernandez admitted in a plea agreement that she threw the device onto the porch because t
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Rasheed Griffin
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault/handicapped, aggravated battery/public place; and aggravated battery/pregnant/handicapped. Rasheed Griffin, 23 of Calumet City, accused of sexually assaulted a 35-year-old woman.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Raekwon M. Patton
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a makeshift weapon. On June 29, 2024, a correctional officer at FCI-Greenville conducted a pat search on Raekwon M. Patton, age 27, and discovered a makeshift weapon in his waistband. The weapon was a sharp, pointed piece of metal, approximately 7.5 inches in length and affixed to a wooden handle wrapped in a black cord. "Contraband possession presents an unacceptable risk to everyone in
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Derek Lopez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making threats against President Donald J. Trump. Derek Lopez, age 27, of El Paso, Illinois, made threats against the President. The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield Field Office, with assistance from the United States Secret Service, the El Paso Police Department, the Woodford County Sheriff’s Office, and the Illinois State University Police Department. The cas
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marcus “Slim” McKinney
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, maintaining drug-involved premises, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. Marcus "Sim" McKinney, age 49, of Danville, Illinois, was released by the federal Burau of Prisons to 210 South
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Stephen H. Keith
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perpetrating a wire fraud and identity theft scheme starting as early as August 2020 and continuing to August 2024. Stephen H. Keith, age 35, of East Peoria, Illinois ran a company called DeviceLyfe that was never registered with the State of Illinois. According to the indictment, Keith used that purported company to gain access to individuals’ homes and electronic devices, facilitating the theft of personal in
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jimil Parmar
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending a threatening letter to a spiritual mission in suburban Chicago. n July 2023, Jimil Parmar, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, mailed a letter to the Sant Nirankari Mission in West Chicago, Ill. The letter stated, “CANCEL US CANADA TOUR IMMEDIATELY SRS ATTACK PLANNED.” The threat coincided with the visit of the Mission’s spiritual leader, Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj, who was touring the United State
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jesse Herbig
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine. Jesse Herbig, age 44, admitted that in 2022 he communicated with his drug supplier and arranged for a United States Postal Service Priority Express parcel which he knew contained methamphetamine to be shipped from Phoenix, Ariz. to an address in Rockford. The package contained approximately 891.6 grams of methamphetamine that was approximately 99% pure, a substa
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Labar Spann
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that terrorized the West Side of Chicago for two decades by committing murders, robberies, extortions, witness tampering, and drug dealing. The Four Corner Hustlers operated primarily in the Chicago neighborhoods of West Garfield Park and North Lawndale on the city’s West Side, as well as in the former LeClaire C
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Travis Thomas
Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b)(1); two counts of transporting a victim in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a); and two counts of coercing or enticing a victim to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution, in vi olation of 18 U.S.C. §
View VerdictThe People of the State of Illinois v. Abhijit Patel
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with murder. Abhijit Patel, 28, is accused of bludgeoning his father to death with a sledgehammer in the family home.
View VerdictIn re MARRIAGE OF MICHAEL CALCAGNO and DAWN CALCAGNO
Wheaton, Illinois, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. Michael and Dawn Calcagno are married and, until recently, lived in the same marital home. In June 2025, the trial court granted Michael's motion for temporary exclusive possession of the marital residence pursuant to section 501(c-2) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/501(c-2) (West 2022)). Michael and Dawn Calcagno were married on November 30, 2002, in Kauai, Hawaii. They h
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alex C. Thompson
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling and distributing controlled substances.
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